Wargames Illustrated #445

In this edition, we take a deep dive into the latest SAGA book and a selection of Wargames Atlantic plastics in Observation Post. Dom Sore's monthly column, Release Radar, highlights a wide range of new and upcoming wargaming products. Additionally, WI readers share their hobby projects, notes, news, and observations in the short, quick-read posts of Quick Fire. This month's theme, Turnip28 Toffs and Toadies, features Callum France's guide on painting precise mess on converted figures. We also travel to Northwest Canada in The Mad Trapper of Rat River, a manhunt through perilous wilderness conditions. Plus, relive nostalgia with Paul Cubbin's nostalgic love letter in miniature, where he paints Airfix Napoleonic Highlanders to a standard that even the most judgmental modern wargamer would approve of. In "Was There a Man Dismayed?", David Bickley shares his experience in collecting Crimean War factions. For those looking